The hopeless life of Charlie Summers
By: Paul Torday
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: Windsor/Paragon
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bath [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781408487037; 9781408487044
Subjects: Creative ability in business; Investment advisors; Fiction; Business failures; Success in business
Description: Hector Chetwode-Talbot, Eck to his friends, has left the army after a rather nasty moment in Afghanistan. At a loss as to what to do next, he is approached by an old schoolfriend, Bilbo Mountwilliam, who runs an investment fund. He persuades Eck to join the company as a greeter. All Eck has to do is supply his rich contacts with entertainment and large gin and tonics and let the fund managers do the rest - back cover.
Notes: Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2010.